An] exciting account…[Vance] provides finely observed portraits of the figures behind the aerospace companies…The focus on figures outside the limelight offers a fresh look at the new space race, and Vance's feels-like-you're-there storytelling captures the "spectacular madness" of the moonshots. It's The Right Stuff for the silicon age." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) With enthusiasm and solid research, this book is an entertaining, informative look at cutting-edge technology. A very interesting and comprehensive (read: very long) journalistic profile of four lower profile (read: not founded by Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk) consumer space companies that have arisen in the last ~10-20 years and have had varying fortunes: Full Book Name: When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach Illuminating... For an insight into the people and culture driving the new space age, Mr Vance's book is the place to start. After the wonder of the Moon landings, space somehow contrived to become boring. These days it is exciting again Economist

PDF / EPUB File Name: When_the_Heavens_Went_on_Sale_-_Ashlee_Vance.pdf, When_the_Heavens_Went_on_Sale_-_Ashlee_Vance.epub One of the most exciting tales of our time... It's the next tech frontier, and Vance turns it into a thriller' Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs Space.com: Many companies are now targeting the moon for commercial activity. Can you talk about which of the four companies you featured in your book are going there, and how? Vance doesn't re-utilize stuff read/heard from others,he did reach out to all these companies (& people) directly, so then he could relate things as a direct observer - there's definitely unique value here, thanks to thatIt surprised me that the author didn't spend much time/paper diving deeper into space-related opportunities - I think there's much more there than it was covered (incl. access to minerals/rare substances). A momentous look at the private companies building a revolutionary new economy in space, from the New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk One of the best books ever written about NewSpace . . . An incredibly entertaining account of today's space industry . . . Well-written and thrilling . . . When the Heavens Went on Sale is a timely read that introduces readers to the exciting business of launching small satellites. The space-based economy is just getting started National Space Society I think it'd add some dramaturgy to the lecture if the author had changed the book's composition. Now each chapter focuses on a specific company, but it'd probably be better to go chronologically and jump between the competing parties as much as possible.

In the end, the Doves didn't just fly around aimlessly. Planet used differential drag to control the satellites’ movements. Imagine solar panels acting like sails, pushing against the faint trace of atmosphere in space. This was mostly a theoretical concept until the company proved it could work. And work it did. Planet Labs - founded in 2010 in the US by Chris Boshuizen, Will Marshall, and Robbie Schingler; public; still operating In When the Heavens Went on Sale, Ashlee Vance illuminates our future and unveils the next big technology story of our time: welcome to the Wild West of aerospace engineering and its unprecedented impact on our lives. Ashlee Vance is the New York Timesbestselling author of Elon Muskand a feature writer at Bloomberg Businessweek. He is also the host of Hello World, a travel show that centers on inventors and scientists all over the planet. Previously, he worked as a reporter for the New York Times,the Economist, andthe Register.A momentous look at the private companies building a revolutionary new economy in space, from the New York Timesbestselling author of Elon Musk Since this is a book about satellites and not astronauts, very little is said about the human settlement of space. Some company leaders, for example, believe sending people to Mars is an interesting idea. However, they also show more interest in their own efforts to commercialize low Earth orbit. Others, such as some of the founders of Planet, belong to an organization called the Open Lunar Foundation that wants to establish a human settlement on the Moon. Firefly Aerospace philosophy - Focus on the very next thing and don't plan too far ahead. One of the founders of Firefly was ex-SpaceX and he learned from Elon Musk to focus on finishing the very next thing and not to plan to far in the future. Cause then you spend your time just making plans and nothing else and also you don't focus on the here and now. Focusing on the very next thing is what will get you to your end goal. destination. An exuberant ride, happily hopping around the Pacific Rim from Kwajalein Atoll to California, from New Zealand to Kodiak Island, reveling in the do-it-yourself ethos of the new space business New York Times Book Review